{
  "id": 19695418,
  "title": "The diamond paradox: Scientists describe the path to the most stable structure",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/the-diamond-paradox-scientists-describe-the-path-to-the-most-stable",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-12T19:00:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-11-diamond-paradox-scientists-path-stable.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Researchers from Skoltech (part of the VEB.RF Group) and MISIS University have figured out why graphite turns into an unexpected form of diamond under high pressure. Instead of the familiar cubic diamond, the first structure to form is metastable lonsdaleite—a hexagonal form of diamond in which carbon atoms are arranged in layers differently than in ordinary diamond.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}